What Is the French Verb Conjugation for Acquérir

The French verb  acquà ©rir  looks very similar to its English meaning to acquire. That makes the word an easy one to add to your vocabulary. When it comes to conjugating the verb, you may find it to be a bit of a challenge. Dont worry, though. This lesson will help out with your  acquà ©rir  conjugations. Conjugating the French Verb   Acquà ©rir The challenge with  acquà ©rir  is that it is an  irregular verb. This means that it does not necessarily follow a pattern. You will have to rely on your memory instead of any set rules. However, it does use the same endings as  conquà ©rir  and it will be helpful to study the two together. When studying these conjugations, use the chart to pair the subject pronoun with the proper tense for your sentence. For instance, I acquire is jacquiers and they will acquire is ils acquerront. Subject Present Future Imperfect j acquiers acquerrai acqurais tu acquiers acquerras acqurais il acquiert acquerra acqurait nous acqurons acquerrons acqurions vous acqurez acquerrez acquriez ils acquirent acquerront acquraient The Present Participle of  Acquà ©rir To transform  acquà ©rir  into the  present participle, simply change the -ir  to -ant  and you have  acquà ©rant.  This acts as a verb and can also be used as an adjective, gerund, or noun in certain circumstances. The Passà © Composà © and Past Participle of  Acquà ©rir The  passà © composà ©Ã‚  is a common way to express the past tense in French. To use it, you must use a conjugate of the  auxiliary verb  avoir.  You will also use the  past participle  for all subjects and that is acquis. For example, we acquired becomes nous avons acquis in the passà © composà ©. Likewise you acquired is tu avez acquis. More Verb Conjugations for  Acquà ©rir Depending on how far you go with your French studies, you may or may not use any of the following conjugations. This is particularly true for the passà © simple and imperfect subjunctive, which are primarily used for formal writing. The other two forms may be useful as they both imply a degree of uncertainty to the action of acquiring. The subjunctive verb mood is used when there is a level of uncertainty. Similarly, the conditional verb mood is useful for those times when the action may or may not happen. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive j acquire acquerrais acquis acquisse tu acquires acquerrais acquis acquisses il acquire acquerrait acquit acqut nous acqurions acquerrions acqumes acquissions vous acquriez acquerriez acqutes acquissiez ils acquirent acquerraient acquirent acquissent You can also choose to use  acquà ©rir  in the imperative. This is useful for short and direct commands or requests. When using the imperative, you can leave out the subject pronoun. Rather than tu acquiers, you can just use acquiers. Imperative (tu) acquiers (nous) acqurons (vous) acqurez